Electrical auxiliary arrangement



March 2, 1926. 1,575,084

R. L. WALSH ELECTRICAL AUXILIARY ARRANGEMENT Filed Sept. 9, '1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 anuewboz Mmh 2;, 1926.-

R.lm VVALJSH. ELECTRiGAL AUXILIARY ARRANGEMENT Filed Sept. 9, 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 at 49 contact 33gat 50;' contac t 39 at 51 to :one terminal of the-magneto, the otheryter-' minal thereoi being "connected to 43 of the distributor;"contact'vtQ to terniinal lA of the distributor 6-.

I ent When blades 31 and "32*ofthe starting lished as follows: battery 22 l6', 34 blade switch are placed in" engagement with conta cts"? 3-,15,4, and 35, acircuit will be -estab- 31, 33', 43, 44, 45, to supply the necessary cur.- rent for ignition purposes jLikewise an- 'other vcircuitlwill be established asffollowst battery 22, 4:6, 341-, blade 32, 35, 47, l8, to'the battery to operate the motori-ifor; starting fpurposes l i Afteritheenginez has teammate the 1'05 ltor 'ofgaux iliary switchififi is actuated to 2O.

place segments 41in bridging relation with respect to contfacts f3'T and 38,39 andQlO'. WViththe contacts of the' auxiliary switch in this position, tl1e'- motor-generator '-is-' -now functioning as. a generator to charge hattery '225as; follows; generator:'terminalAfi 1 .'%tofoand-battery 22, and froni'battery'22-tov 46, 49. 1 37,segmenttel,:38. and '50 to4'ter1ninal- 1X47. Y: Concomitant with-the completiongof the,

- generator circuit the 7 magnetois connected to'fthe distributor i as i follows 1 terminal 5 I. of

' the magneto, Contact '39, segment 41, 4.0. to

"terminal 44 ofthe distributor, the other 'terminal52 of -the magnetos i VVhenthe vstartil'lgswitch 30*is operated;

I mina'li thereof;v '43, beingconnected- 7 to .ter-

to lstart fthe engine; the shaft of' the motor generator 115 rotates the 'isetil' of electrodes through the niediuirifllrel'atiye to electrodes Q 55 23 shaft 25 and initeringf gears '26 and27Q, 1 'l zhis'movejnient" of; electrodes 25 :produces j icirculation of the electrolyte whereby under:

their discharging conditions the maximum:

available energy of the storagebattery-is v utili'zed forloperatingthe motor and starting the engine? a Whenthe enginehas been started, gene the v motor'generat'or '15' is functioning to replen ish battery22; displacement of electrodes relative to the electrolyte; enables current of resp'ondingly less eight'anda storage ba V teryflof relatively less totalp'late surfac ;In .view of the precedingifit Will be appar I v cuit "of: even greater Wattage.

provided with a gear 33 meshing'with the? gear 26 onthel shaft 25 ofthe. storage bat vtery 22, whereby, similarly hereinafter;

fthefstorage' battery '22 ibyhthej generator E15 under 'tlije 'condition of rotation of theIs motor-generator -15 and 'magnetoj 1.6 may "operated in the same mannerflas shown Figures l and'2 of the drawings. Intheabovespecific embodimentsyanen plosi-ye engine is indicated as the Ipriin nioyerybut itis apparent 'that'aniy other typ v age] battery utilized; 1 for: "any type "of 5 con 'sumption circuit such as lightingpr heating 1 .jIn' comb'inationl Withjan electric .starte notor 'generator meansffor an engine a storage battery-for. said motor generatori :mea'ns', meansto effect'a" depolarization'lof further means-whereby said depolarizatio H tery."

and effectively stored therein, and. also, duces the transmission and" polarizing losses. My w invention, 1 accordingly, affords "the use} 03f generatorof less ampei'eeturns and co area for-Ta given. rating of engine; orthe. generative parts-and the storage batterydof the prevailing capacities and dimensions may be employed and greater reliability of Operation insured; for a'fconsumption c'i1'-,

' The "modification, as; shown Fig: 53; similarlto thatyof Figs.;li and- 2, exceptin that the storage battery 22iis'driven bythe'f engine shaft through the auxiliary shaft 32,1

described, under operation of? the engine" 1 as the 1 prime mover, current 1s supplied "to of electrodes 24: relative? to the; electrolyt 8 1;andthe other set oflelectrodes 23.11111 of primeinoveror motivejunitmay be eni-Q ployed, such as a steam engine andfthe 'sto or the like; and notnecessarily including an", ignition circuit; -i Q What I fclaimistz:

saidfstorage 'battery,- an engine coiqaled to sald starter motor generator means,""an

means and said motor generator are 'siniul taneously actuated by the b In testimony whereof my signature ROBERT WALSH 

